Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-kaisha

Xing Inc.

Norio Chaya

Koichi Hayashi

Hiroshi Nishikawa

Yasutada Aoyama

Hiroyuki Takada

Yasuhiro Funahashi

Osamu Nishimura

A CPU 38 retrieves the reproduction control program from a header portion of a video disk. The CPU stores the program into a RAM 35. The CPU controls disk players 34a and 34b to reproduce video data from video disks, based on the program stored in a ROM 33 and the reproduction control program now stored in the RAM 35.

Video disk and video reproduction device which automatically extracts

A compact image karaoke device with only a small number of image disks which provides the impression of having a great many background images. Two players are provided for reading background images from image disks. Background images are selected from at least one image unit group corresponding to at least one image genre corresponding to selected song genre and are read by the two players and changed at random, for example, every 30 seconds. By editing the display of background images in this manner, a great number of background image series can be obtained for combinations of the background images. Images obtained and displayed corresponding particularly to the starting portion of the song are provided only on the number of images available. Therefore, even if a great number of songs are consecutively selected, a user will not feel as though the same images are being repeatedly shown.

Image karaoke device

Interpolating processes for vertically aligned horizontal scanning lines are performed with respect only to red component video data so as to simplify the structure of an image processor and to decrease the number of components that are required for interpolation. Interpolation is always performed for the green component video data, which makes up a great deal of the luminance component. Even when only green is interpolated, 59% of the total luminance component of yellow is interpolated so that flicker is reduced to a practical level.

Image processor for producing even field video data based on odd field

A music entertaining device which reproduces music instrumental sound and back chorus so that an entertainer can sing a song to the accompaniment of the reproduced music instrumental sound and the back chorus. The music instrumental data and back chorus data are separately stored in a memory device. Upon detection of a code instructing to insert back chorus during the reproduction of the music instrumental data, a computer base controller accesses the memory device in which the back chorus is stored and reproduces the back chorus identified by the code detected.

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Nagoya, Japan

Norio Chaya